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Fascinating Sports Facts

Here are some fascinating sporting facts.

English Channel

In 1875 Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel.

Originally The Olympic Games were held every four years at Olympia in Greece. It is thought that the first games took place in 776 BC.

The first Wimbledon lawn tennis championship was held in 1877.

The name for the game of snooker was taken from the nickname given to first year cadets at the Royal Military Academy.

Table Tennis was originally known as ping-pong (and still is called that by some people).

Volleyball was invented in 1895 and was originally intended to be played by those who found basketball too exhausting.

You can find this one in the Animals category

A giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as humans do.